I just had a meeting with my superiors. I was told there has been a delay in hiring the people they need in India. So that has delayed the layoffs in the US. Veritas and the leadership team are measuring the success of the layoffs by the difference in salaries that they can pay someone in India compared to what they pay a person in the US. The savings per person is significant. They are making a significant push to offshore as many positions as possible. As soon as they get things in order for bringing on India employees the layoffs will ramp up significantly. I asked when they thought that would be. They would not commit to any specific dates but anticipated it would start ramping up by the end of the year.
They really were touting this move as a huge success for Gainwell. They were anticipating this to “save” the company upwards of $2-3 billion. They didn’t commit to a number of employees to offshore but they kept saying “thousands” of employees would be changed to offshore.
It really sounded like as soon as they were ready that thousands of layoffs were about to happen. They did mention that the notice period in India is 90 days. They thought that may have a little delay in their hiring but they did have some already in the pipeline to be hired.
As far as the roles of these positions it appeared to be about everything. It covered just about every role that I am aware of.